SCS 22 Anne Mason Annex I am a Romany : songs and stories of Kent gipsies / Phoebe Smith, Joe Smith - Folktracks [Folktrax], 1975. - 1 audiocassette : analog

Cassette. Musical instruments: mouth organ.

Side 1: 1. I Am A Romany: Words, The n song, from Phoebe, 3'00" -- 2. Talk by Joe and Phoebe about herself & singing, 2'02" -- 3. Down By the Sheepfold (or, "The Blackberry Fold"): Phoebe, 4'35" -- 4. Her singing and about the family - 0'50" -- 5. Young Ellender: tune, story and song, 4'42" -- 6. Further talk about family - 0'38" -- 7. Captain Thunderbolt ("Down by the Shannon Side"): Phoebe - 1'59" -- 8. Talk about preceding & following songs and family - 1'01" -- 9. Molly Varden (or, "Polly Vaughan") [talk before] Phoebe - 5'03" -- 10. Talk about her uncle, George Scamp, and her father - 1'14" -- 11. The Oxford Girl: Phoebe, 3'37" -- Side 2: 1. A Blacksmith Courted Me: tune and first verse. Phoebe -- 2. Joe & Phoebe: talk about courtship, marriage and death, 4'04" -- 3. The Riddle Song: first verse by their son, Joe - 0'41" -- 4. Further talk about the birth of Joe and work - 6'09" -- 5. Higher Germanie: Phoebe, 2'03" -- 6. Talk about "Blitz" (2nd World War) and losing her mother, 3'06" -- 7. Step dancing with mouth organ and further talk about family, 2'23" -- 8. The Hopping Song: Phoebe - 0'18" -- 9. Stories with Joe's fiddling and about life today, 4'20" -- 10. Jolly Herring: Phoebe sing first two verses -- 11. A Blacksmith Courted Me: second verse from Phoebe -- 4.25.

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